The definitive North American fighting game tournament, EVO
2011, has just started mere hours ago. Now you can watch all
the intense action in two different ustreams, courtesy of our
friends at Evo2K.com.

id Software's newest IP, Rage, is all about enemies with
personality. At least, that's what is emphasized in this newest
developer diary from the granddaddy of FPS developers.

I'd recommend giving this a view, even if you're not a fan of
first-person shooters, because it shows just how much dedication
and thought goes into enemy design, something which most gamers
(myself included) seem to take for granted.

Now, now, children, let's not fret about like chickens with
their heads cut off. Nintendo may have posted a huge second-quarter
loss this year, but that doesn't mean the company is doomed just
yet. These are the creators of the money-printing DS and Wii, after
all.

After announcing an $80 price cut for the 3DS, Nintendo said
they lost close to ¥25.5 billion (a little under $322 million USD)
in the second quarter of 2011. That's a lot of money, enough to
make most companies quake in their diamond-covered boots, but for a
company as huge and recently profitable as the House of Mario, it
is merely a decent setback. With some long-promised 3DS titles as
well some new Zelda game coming out the second half of the year,
things are still looking up…

The Shetland Islands are pretty much the middle of nowhere, as
desolate and remote as you can be while still being in Europe, let
alone Great Britain. They also have no Internet.

Yet somehow, New Scotland Yard arrested a Shetlander who served
as "spokesperson" for Lulzsec, the grey-hat hacking group known for
ticking off pretty much everyone on the planet.

It's unknown how "Topiary" (his real name: Jake Davis), a
18-year-old kid, managed to be a spokesperson for an Internet-based
vigilante group while living on an island with no Internet. We're
sure Scotland Yard will release more details soon.

The poor sales of Red Faction: Armageddon have officially
killed off the franchise. THQ chief executive Brian Farrell
confirmed this in a conference call yesterday, saying "we do not
intend to carry forward with that franchise in any meaningful
way."

The upside to all of this? Volition, the former developers of
Red Faction, are not going down with the franchise. They are
instead working on Guillermo del Toro's first video game project,
inSane, so not all is lost.